Abstract This paper explores agency in a collectivist culture to investigate whether, and if so how, school-children experience as supportive learning speak English the classroom of culture. It draws on Ryan Deci’s (2019) Self-Determination Theory (SDT) examine nine primary classrooms three schools Alexandria, Arab Republic Egypt. The research involved 281 primary-school-children who completed ...

Australia's major public dispute resolution agency has changed substantially since the 1990s from a stand-alone tribunal administering collectivist system of compulsory conciliation and arbitration to an integrated resolving both individual collective disputes as well performing broader regulatory role. It remains central Australian industrial relations, reflecting its adaptability peculiaritie...

Micro-foundations have become an important emerging theme in strategic management. This paper addresses micro-foundations in two related ways. First, we argue that the kind of macro (or “collectivist”) explanation that is utilized in the capabilities view in strategic management ⎯ which implies a neglect of micro-foundations ⎯ is incomplete. There are no mechanisms that work solely on the macro...

The constructs of horizontal (H) and vertical (V) individualism (I) and collectivism (C) were theoretically defined and empirically supported. Study 1 confirmed, via factor analysis, that the 4 constructs, HI, VI, HC, and VC, which were previously found in the United States, which has an individualist culture, also were found in Korea, which has a collectivist culture. Study 2 investigated mult...

This research examined the relation between self-relevance and word-ofmouth (WOM). The results of two studies suggest consumers are more likely to provide WOM for products that are relevant to self-concept than for more utilitarian products. There was also some indication that WOM was biased, in the sense that consumers exaggerated the benefits of self-relevant products compared to utilitarian ...

This qualitative, descriptive study investigated how working with Health Brigades influenced a sense of empowerment and a resultant shifting of gender-power relationships for women in a rural Nicaraguan community. A convenience sample of 10 women aged 18 to 65 years who had worked with the Brigades were interviewed. Open and axial coding were used to determine core categories and theoretical co...

ABSTRACT Exposing under which conditions management innovation diffuses within firms, this study investigates at the individual level mediating influence of middle managers’ voice behavior on relationship between CEOs’ empowering leadership and perceived innovation. We also propose that magnitude depends collectivist orientation. This exploits a unique Moroccan sample small medium-sized enterpr...

Objectives. Study of cross-cultural differences in love attitudes Belarusians and Chinese. Background. A large number studies focus on comparing the psychological characteristics representatives two polar cultures — individualistic collectivist. At same time, little attention is paid to study explanation within each these cultures. Although it quite obvious that countries belonging culture may ...